Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2207, Enos Farrand, New Jersey

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New Jersey
Farrand, Enos
S. 2207
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30,000 New Jersey
due to pay 30 Nov 1836
Enos Tarrant
of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lee of the regt commanded by Col Goodwin the New Jersey line for 9 months service
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1835 and sent to Leah Condict Morristown
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 191.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sep r 15.00 $135.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. G. L. Clerk Book 22 Vol. 3 Page 129

New Jersey Bergen County
Isaac Farrand's Application for a Pension } Militia Service
1712
L. Condick. Owner.

State of New Jersey Bergen County 3 rd On this First — day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting. Elias Farnand a resident of the township of Hackensack in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- gress passed June 7. A.D. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the month of June in the year of our Lord 1776. the first call upon the militia he entered service under Capt. Caleb Slocum under Col. Caxton and went to Long Island was there when the British troops landed on Staten Island suppo- -sed he served about one month. When soon after returning home he volunteered for two months in a corps called the Flying Camp under Capt. John Ogden and Col. Thomas of Elizabeth town. Served in Bergen guarding the lines. In the Fall served one month at Redbank Creek bridge under Capt. Amos Slocum. Served the last part of the winter or early in the spring one month. In 1777 served two months in Elizabeth town, and one month at the point, does not remember the officers that commanded. was at the battle of Monmouth in the company commanded by Capt. Lyon of Lyons farms; served one month in Newark town under Capt. John George Harrison, one month under Capt. Thomas Williams. has served a long time at Belleville under different officers but cannot say as to the number of months and that he turned out at the first call upon the militia and continued during the seven years war that they were closed for some time and had to turn out three or four months in the year. That he has no documentary proof of his services but the accompanying affida- -vit, and is confident that his services in the said Revolution- ary war amounts to the term of two years and upwards

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and subscribed the day and Enos Farnand year aforesaid
We Philip Duryee a Clergyman residing in English Neighborhood Hasbrouck Township Bergen County and Thomas Osborn a residing in the Township of Lower Lower — Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Enos Farnand who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Philip Duryee Sworn and subscribed the day Thomas Osborn and year aforesaid
N.B. The Rev. Mr. Duryee — I believe the above declaration cannot testify the Revolutionary service of the said applicant but think his testimony may be relied upon
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Philip Duryee — who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the English Neighborhood in the township of Hasbrouck in the county of Bergen — and that Thomas Osborn who also signed the same is a resident in the township of

Resides in the township of Bangor _____ and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Abraham Westcott Clerk of the Inferior court of com- mon Pleas of the county of Bangor Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the matter of the matter of the application of Enos For- -barn for a Passion
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Office this first day of November A.D. 1832.
W. Matthews Clerk
Gen

New Jersey Bergen County
Snort Farrand's } Militia Application for } Service a Pension
1772
I. Condorcet. Present.

State of New-Jersey } Personage appeared before me Essex County S.S. } William Williams one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Essex Daniel Condit and on his oath saith That he is well acquainted with Inos For- -ing now and was acquainted with him in the revolutionary war that he served with him on Burgin in the State of New-Jersey as a volunteer under Col. Thomas of Elizabeth town and John Ogden was then Capt. - in a corps called the flying camp. They served to the best of this deponent's recollection two months
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29 th day of October - 1832 -
William Williams
his Daniel X Condit mark

No. 10 Essex County ss. I Elias Wm Reddall Clerk of said County of Essex do hereby certify that William Williams before whom the within affidavit of Daniel Conditt was made & taken at the time of taking the same was and still is a Justice of the peace in & for said County that he is duly commissioned & sworn, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the name "William Williams" subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit is the genuine signature of said Justice -
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 30 th day of October 1832
E Wm Reddall Clerk

No 17112. Cross Farm and M c J.
Suspended see Hon L Bondar 27 June 1835
Adm a
L. Bondar. Print.
William Westcott A.R. Poynton C. Genl M c J.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 May 1839
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Enrs Farrand Bergen County NJ
Field officers.    Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1777 about 1 Prv. Capt. Dodd Col. Cadmus Mon N.J. Age 74 Traditional   Vol 2 " Agden Thomas Living Witness   Fall 1 " Dodd N.J.   1777 2 " Month N.J.   1 " Lion   1 " Warner   1 " Williams   Served a long time at Bellville under different officers I continued during 7 years war I had to turn out three or four times in a year. I am certain that his services in the Rev olutionary war amounts to the term of two years and upwards.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are simply and truly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the time, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers and applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; and the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[1] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the muster-roll of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[2] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [1] applies to continental troops only.
[3] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[4] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[5] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration. }
Yza Austin James Clark

50 Amo.
On William's Compy rolls 28 ds in '80
Abn? 9 mo. seri 30 H

State of New Jersey
Bergen County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey the twenty-ninth day of July — In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Eros Farnand — who being duly sworn according to Law upon his oath Depreath and saith that he is the same Eros Farnand — the Applicant who appeared in open Court before the Superior Court of Common Pleas held at New Barbadoes in and for the County of Bergen on the first — day of November last and made oath to the accompanying Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution and their Dependants also further made the answers hereunto annexed to the questions propounded by the said Justice in pursuance to the Provisions of War Department of the United States
Ques 1 st When and in what year were you Born?
Ans I was born at who was called in the Revolutionary war) was at now Bloomfield in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey — in the year 1758. the 25 th of January.
Question 2. Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have none the family Record being lost.
Question 3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you now live?
Ans r when I was called into service I lived in the County of Essex (now now called Bloomfield) there I have lived since the Revolutionary war, until the year 1818 then I removed to Newark & from there & moved into Bergen County and there I now live —
Question 4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom?
Ans r in the first place I was called out as a Militia man — and afterwards I always volunteered when I turned out with flying Camps & then turned out again as a Militia man —
Question 5. State the names of the Regular Officers who were with you the troops were you said such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect any generally the Commanders of your service?
Ans r Col. Van Courtland, Gen. Winder, Gen. Dickerson, Col. Cadmus — etc. & for the General Circumstances of my service I Refer you to my declaration —

Question 6. Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer - I never Received any discharge to my knowledge -
Question 7 th . State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your Present Neighborhood; and who can Testify as to your Character for Veracity and their Belief of your Service as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer - I know none that can Testify to my services - Except Thomas Osburn - all my other Revolutionary acquaintances have departed this life - or Removed where I know not to find them - & as to my Character for truth & Veracity the Rev d . Philip Duryea can Testify -
And this Deponent further saith that he entered the Service of the United States in the year of our Lord 1776 in the Month of June he entered in the Company commanded by Capt. Caleb Wood (Col. Goddard's Regiment) under a general call of the Militia under whom he served one full month (as he hereby Believes) when he was Discharged & went home and after the month's Service under Capt. Wood was performed - He entered the Company commanded by Capt. John Ogden (Col. Thomas's Regiment) as a Volunteer under whom he served for two full months in a Corps called the flying Camp - and in the fall of the year He volunteered in a Company commanded by Capt. Israel Wood at Aquackonack Bridge under whom he served one full month and in the year 1777 in the fall of the year He entered a Company at Elizabeth Town (the Officers names he can not now Recollect) and served two full months and after the two months Service was performed He served one full month at Elizabeth Town Point, and in the year 1778 in the month of June he was at the Battle of Monmouth in the Company commanded by Capt. Matthias Lyon of Lyon's Farms under whom he served one full month and after the Service under Capt. Lyons was performed He served one month in the Town of Newark in the Company commanded by Capt. George Harrison and after the month's Service under Capt. Harrison was performed he was Discharged And in the fall & winter - of the Winter of 1779 he entered as a Volunteer in a Company commanded by Capt. John Spence under whom he served one full month and in the year 1780, in the month of July he entered the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Williams under whom he served one full month

and this Respondent further saith that he served a long time at Belleville under different Officers But from old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not precisely state the length of the different periods, but is sure that from the time the service under Capt. Williams was performed until he left the service (at the close of the war) he served four full months and for such service he claims a Pension - And for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any Civil Pursuit.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the 29 th day of July A.D. 1833 David Holmstrom father of the said
Enos Dorrance
State of New Jersey County of Bergen ss: I, Abraham Westerveldt Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that I, David D. Holmstrom whose name is subscribed to the last of the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and being satisfied that his signature to said David D. Holmstrom is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty ninth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty three.
H. J. McMillan Clerk

Captain Abraham Spear, Do hereby certify That sometime about the month of of Essex and State of New Jersey Did in 1780 or near that time. Did sue for an account Writ as a matter of fact, and within the said Abraham Spear and at another time he the said Spear did call to account himself as a man over the then and there Captain Abraham Spear and the said Spear did believe him the said Spear In the Camp and the said Spear then and there Spear.
Sworn and Subscribed Nov. 6th 1833 Before me at Bloomfield This 6th day of November 1833 D. Van Middlesworth Justice of the Peace
State of New Jersey County of Essex
I Edward Van Assdalen Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex & Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Daniel Van Middlesworth whose the foregoing Affidavit of Captain Abraham Spear was made and taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is, a Justice of the Peace for said County, due- commissioned & sworn: and that the name "D Van Middlesworth" subscribed to the jurat of the said Affidavit, is the genuine hand writing of said Justice.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newark the Seventh day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred and that three.
Edward Van Assdalen Jr. Clerk

Rev War
2207 INVALID.  gen
File No. 2207
Enos Farrar
Print Rev War
Act: June 7  1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 125
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of N. Jersey Morris County.
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in for said County, personally appears Enos Farnand of Bergen County, who I believe is a man of truth & fully entitled to relief, & being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare as follows viz: — I am the same Enos Farnand, who on the 7 th day of Novr. 1832, before the judges of the Inferior Court of Com. Pleas of the County of Bergen in N. Jersey made a Declaration of my Military services in the Revolutionary war, to obtain the benefit of the laws of the U. States of June 7 th 1832, & also made a supplemental Declaration of said services before David Christie Esq. on the 29 th day of July 1833 — both of which Declarations have been returned with a letter signed I. L. Edwards, stating the following objections viz: — "that I have alleged two terms of service, without naming the officers; — that the credibility of a witness whose affidavit is objectionably general, is not certified." — I have some reflected much on the subject of the two months service alluded to, & according to the best of my recollection, I verily believe that I was commanded by Capt. Amos Dool. We were stationed at Eliz th town point, guarding the inhabitants from marauding parties of Tories Refugees & British. We guarded the lines & points of landing opposite Staten Island, which was then occupied by the enemy. — These two months were not in continuous service, as I believe. I think after the first of the two months was expired, I went home by permission, in which was in cool weather, in the fall of the year 1777. There was a strong Military force collected at Eliz th town, under command of Col. Thomas, as I believe, & we were stationed in the barracks. — I was at home according to the best of my remembrance, one month or perhaps five weeks, when we were again ordered out on Military duty & stationed at the same place for another month. This was in the winter season, & during this time, an excursion was planned against the enemy on Staten Island, under command of Genl. Sullivan, who then commanded in chief, the whole Military stationed there, & Capt. Matthias Lyon of Lyon's farms, father of Joseph Lyon, who for many years kept a public hotel in Eliz th town. The Military moved on the eve, to Staten Island, & I think it was in the latter part of December or of January. The whole of our company did not go over on this expedition but was left to guard the point & landing & the quarters from surprise.
I was also stationed another month at Eliz th town point, under command of Capt. John Ogden as I believe in the spring following, in warm weather, not long before the Monmouth battle. In my preceding Declaration I had omitted the name of my Capt. on this tour, but on reflection, I verily believe it was Captain John Ogden, & that Col. Edward Thomas had command of the Regiment. — My two months of service in the Flying Camp so called, was performed on Bergen neck, between the Town of Bergen & Eliz th town point. Col. Thomas also commanded our regiment on this service.
With regard to the credibility of Capt. Abraham Speer, which is not certified by the Magistrate (D. Van Winkle Esq.) I would remark, that Capt. Speer was for a great many years well known as a highly respectable & respected citizen of Essex. I was a Captain of Infantry during the revolution, & a member of the house of Assembly from said County many years. I hope to obtain from the Hon ble Theodore T. Telfey Esq. & perhaps from others, ample testimonies of Capt. Speer's good character, as a whig & a man of truth. — Captain Speer is now dead, having died some time last winter, & his affidavit cannot therefore be amended or made more specific.
Sworn & subscribed before me at Morris town N. Jersey, September 3 rd 1834.
Charles T. Freeman Clerk in Record Enos Farnand
I hereby certify to the Secy. of War & to the Commissioners of Pensions, that Charles T. Freeman Esq. before whom the above deposition of Enos Farnand was taken, is a Justice of peace in this County, personally well known to me as such, & the signature of his name thereto, is genuine.
Enos Farnand, late a Member of the New Jersey Assembly Morris town, N. Jersey Sept. 3 rd 1834. J. R. from N. Jersey.

Joseph C. Hornblower, residing at Newark in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey & holding the office of Chief Justice of the said State, do certify that I was born & brought up in the neighbourhood of Capt. Abraham Speer now dec d whose name is within men- tioned & whose affidavit is among the docu- ments accompanying this certificate. That I have known him from my earliest recol- lections - that he was always esteemed to be a man of honour & integrity; & that the utmost confidence may be reposed in whatever he may have stated in his life time, whether in the form of an affidavit or otherwise - Given under my hand at Newark aforesaid, the 15 th Sept. 1834 -
J. C. Hornblower.
I, Vice Chancellor of New Ark county of Essex State of New Jersey do certify that I have personally known Capt. Abraham Speer late of said county for near fifty years & believe him to have been a man of the strictest regard to truth at all times - New Ark Sept. 15 th 1834.
Chas. V. D. V.
(late a Member of the House of Representatives from N. Jersey)

N. J. 6- July 25 6
FREE
Hon. Geo. W. Cump Acting Commissioner of Pensions War Department. Washington.

Morris town N. J. June 28 th '35
Dr. Sir,
Your favor of the 27 th is just come to hand. — Enos Farnand's papers were returned to him for further specification of his services which in his original declaration, were stated in terms too general to be allowed, that he had actually performed over 2 years Militia duty. — In Aug t or Sept t last, he was brought to me by his friends, in quite a helpless & demented state, & after hearing his narration, I obtained from him, as much specification & detail as to times, places, circumstances, names of officers etc: as his memory could furnish. — From the time of your letter till to day, I have some doubt, whether or not you have found this specification, as it seems to me, that more than 9 months were specified by him. — I see by referring to a memorandum of mine, that I enclosed it to the office on the 22 nd Sept t last. — In regard to his character, my own personal knowledge of him, is more limited than with many others. In his deportment, as well as in his narration to me, he exhibits all the complacency & honesty of a child, & I have the most entire belief in the fact of his long & faithful service & I can add, that his reputation for truth, among his neighbors, who have long known him, is full & unimpeached, all of whom consider & believe him to be a revolutionary veteran. If I mistake not, there is some proof of his services by living witnesses, among his papers, & I remember to have seen his name upon some loose leaves of the pay rolls of Capt. Thomas Williams, which are, if I mistake not, on the office files, among some dated even then names I cannot recollect, — but of the fact, I am confident. — I do heartily believe he has done duty to entitle him to the full benefit of the law altho' his specification may fall short of 24 months. —
Permit me to recur to the case of Jacob Lee mentioned in Mr. Blair's letter of 20 th inst. — I know his claim has no evidence except the truth of his own simple narration. He has lived for 50 years or thereabouts, away from the place where his services were performed in an obscure place, & probably since the close of the war he has not seen one of his old comrades. — I should they now must be a century old, they would be utter strangers. I urged him last summer or fall, to make the effort to go & look for some of them around & in Newark. He mentioned several names, formerly known to me but now dead. — He finally set off & went a few miles, & returned, unable to proceed further. Tho' a jobber man, he is too feeble to walk 4 miles a day, & too poor to hire a waggon. Among his papers, are ample credentials of his being a man of truth, & entitled to full belief, & among all the needs of the old soldiers, I know no one more needy than Lee. — I commend the cases of Farnand & Lee to your consideration as possessing intrinsic merit, grounded on much actual service, performed by men of integrity, now suffering & poverty.
With much respect
Hon. G. W. Cump. Actg. Commr. of Pensions R. Bla Bogen
Yours truly J. B. Bogen

Enos. Farnam. $30.00. July 29 th 1835.
Payments to be made at Trenton by Pres t Trenton Banking Comp y Agent for paying Pension= ers, in the Agency of New Jersey
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Recorded in the Pension Of= fice, in Book 63 Vol. 3 Page 177 by Dan d B. B. S. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Oliver Tamm of the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Army of the Revolution..... is entitled to receive Thirty ..... dollars and ..... cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this ..... 29 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five
C. T. Harris , Acting Secretary of War.
Exam. Counter. sd. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

October 28 1835 Paid to 4/4 1835 Sept 6 Paid to Sept 4 1836
30.003

Pension Office Newton New Jersey Nov 2 nd 1836
Sir
I enclose an application for a pension, unsaid for more than a year. It found correct, upon being returned to this office with your order to pay I will do so
I remain respectfully Your O b Serv t
P. Dickinson ag t Per Westley P. Allen
L. Richards Esq